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What this Query Store bug tells me?
You may have heard that there’s a bug in SQL Server 2016 related to the query store in non-Enterprise editions. This is a less than dangerous bug, in that in editions of SQL Server 2016 other than...
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SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 5
It’s time for week 5 of giving out some copies of Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server. So far, I’ve sent out four copies of the book based on comments from those posts. You can find the...
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Why MongoDB?
MongoDB is Object-Oriented, simple, dynamic and scalable NoSQL database. It is based on the NoSQL document store model, in which data objects are stored as separate documents inside a collection...
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T-SQL Tuesday #080
T-SQL Tuesday time is here again! And I’m honored to be hosting this months block party. Why you ask? T-SQL Tuesday #80 happens to fall on my birthday believe it or not!With that said let’s get this...
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SQL Server Forced Mirror Failover
Failing a SQL Server Mirror over is normally an incredibly simple process. If you use the GUI, you can accomplish the failover in moments. However, it is not always a planned event. Yesterday we had...
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Prioritize This List of Issues (Results)
Earlier this week I asked people to help me out prioritizing a list of issues. I was surprised by the number of people who participated. I think I missed an opportunity to crowd-source a large part of...
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Spotlight Developer v6.3 release
The much anticipated Spotlight Developer v6.3 has finally been released.Over the next few blog entries I will present some of the key features especially new ones in this release. (Please not v6.3 will...
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What Monthly Updates For SQL Server Management Studio And SSDT Mean For SSAS...
Last month I upgraded the laptop I use for teaching to SQL Server 2016 and, as is always the way, not long afterwards I ran into a problem while I was doing a demo during a course: the SSAS Deployment...
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Zilch to Speaker: 2016 Summit Abstract Reviews
Steve Jones (b/t) has been asking people to post their Pass Summit submissions and the reviews that came back, along with maybe a few words about what they thought, so here we go.I submitted two...
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Virtualization does not equal a private cloud
I see a lot of confusion when it comes to creating a private cloud. Many seem to think that by virtualizing your servers in your local on-premise data center, you have created a private cloud. But by...
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Excel 2016 PivotTable MDX Changes Lead To Big Query Performance Gains
Yesterday, the Excel team announced a bunch of performance improvements in Excel 2016 for PivotTables connected to Analysis Services (Multidimensional or Tabular), Power Pivot and Power BI. If you...
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Recursive CTEs Explained
Recursive CTE’sIn this article we explore recursive CTE’s (Common Table Expressions). Recursive CTEs are special in the sense they are allowed to reference themselves! Because of this special...
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#0376 – SQL Server – Msg 2714: There is already an object named ‘#tableName’...
We look at how temporary tables with the same name in the same batch return error 2714 due to Deferred Name Resolution in Microsoft SQL Server.
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Tips to Fix Database Consistency Errors – Reported By DBCC CHECKDB
OverviewWhile working on SQL Server, sometimes users get stuck in annoying situations when database become inaccessible. After executing DBCC CHECKDB command to check the problem, user gets database...
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Monday Morning SQL Break – July 11, 2016
It’s Monday and time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. I spent the weekend with family and a bit of tried out Pokemon Go with the kids, so nothing too interesting to share going...
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Big up to Karla!
I’m sadWell the day I’ve been dreading for the last few weeks has finally arrived, and it is with great sadness and joy to read Karla’s announcement that she will be leaving her current role in the...
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Default database file sizes
It’s Chris Yates (b/t) birthday! (I think he just tured 19.) And in honor of his birthday we are writing blog posts! Well, technically it’s T-SQL Tuesday again, but we can pretend we are writing for...
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T-SQL Tuesday #080 – The Gift of the Basics - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday (#080) is being hosted by Chris Yates (B|T) (Happy B-day Chris!). He decided that this month’s theme was to be a gift to the community of something you had to offer that...
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WPC Day One: Translating Digital Transformation into Solutions
I blogged over at my ‘official’ company blog about strategic considerations regarding Digital Transformation. There is a lot of messaging directed at sales, partners and CEO level conversations. For...
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